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The Voice of Abel Defeats the Media Machine

Do we need to conform to what the TV experts say and decide for us? What about the victims of these designated experts? “The voices of the victims will overcome the fragile mythmaking of our times,” David Gornoski says as he highlights the voices who are being shut down by a big pharma supporting media. […]

Beyond reason: What really motivates our choices

This essay was originally published at WND.com on February 25, 2016. A few years ago I used to write for WND under the pen name David Hanson. I derived the name in honor of my maternal great-great-great, etc. grandfather John Hanson, the first president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Besides being […]

Religion and Imitation

David Gornoski analyzes the latest developments in the Tucker Carlson NSA surveillance story and cautions us from falling into tribalism and spreading the contagion of fear. David also explains to us what the real meaning of religion is and why we are ruled today by religious forces despite the veneer of secularism. Is the Woke […]

The ‘Man in Black’ vs. the State’s Sacred Violence

This classic essay originally appeared on WND.com in December 2016. As poets are wont to do, Johnny Cash led a prophet’s life for his time. His performance art and accompanying dusty, rumbling lyrics dared to look into the soul of America’s violence-haunted heart with equal parts affection and anger. When I speak of the state’s “sacred violence” […]

The Bumpy Progress of the Personhood Revolution

When the FBI raids the houses of dissidents and the NSA spies on people like Tucker Carlson, how free can we claim ourselves to be? Join David Gornoski as he reflects on this question while commenting on the latest news surrounding the adverse reactions to the vaccines; the censoring of mRNA vaccine inventor Dr. Robert […]

The Data on Ivermectin Deserve Our Attention

Will Dr. Fauci face any consequences for his role in the Wuhan lab leak and his initial attempts at shutting down those who wanted the truth? Join David Gornoski as he discusses the latest stories coming in such as the news on treatments using Ivermectin against COVID while highlighting why we must rid ourselves of […]

THINGS HIDDEN 37: Mimesis and Victim Solidarity with Dr. Grant Kaplan

In this THINGS HIDDEN conversation, David Gornoski is joined by Grant Kaplan, professor of theological studies at Saint Louis University and author of René Girard, Unlikely Apologist. Professor Kaplan talks about his experience of meeting Rene Girard; why traditional apologetics don’t work as well as before; the difference between mimetic theory and critical theory; being in […]

We’re More Christian Than We Know

We’re more Christian than we know. As we’ll discuss in this piece, liberal humanism looks pretty similar to a godless protestantism. In other words, you could say that subsequent belief systems post-Christianity — Scientism, Communism, Liberalism, Wokeism, among others — all have Christian roots. They’ve taken the same religious architecture, but dropped the ontological assumptions. […]

We’re More Christian Than We Know

We can’t understand social justice, victimism, Critical Race Theory, and globalism if we don’t see the anthropology revealed in the Bible. Are we more Christian than we’d like to admit? Did we have the same value for personal liberty in the pre-Christian civilizations as we currently have in the post-Christian world? Is communism based on […]

Reject the Black Pill and Embrace Hope

The human person is not expendable, David Gornoski says as he begins the show with a thorough case against collectivism and for non-violent solutions. How can we look past political deterioration and seek out authentic scientific and cultural solutions? How can we reject taking the black pill and find hope? Who do we imitate to […]